Ballast-car.



PATENTBD APR. 9, 1907. c. A. PROCTOR A A. GNAEGY.

BALLAST GAR. APPI-JGATION FILED JAN. 3. 1907.

No. 849,854. PATENTED APR. 9 1907.

' C.. A. PROCTOR & A. GNAEGY.

l v BALLAST CAR. APPLIGATION FILED MN. s. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Smetana/@NT- OF-CE' `o rnt'un alrrtoo'rort AND ALBERT GNAEGY, or cnEs'rEainLrNors.

i BALLAST-CAR- ',n, 349,854.' specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 9, 1907. .i Application filed January 3, 1907. Serial No. 350,653.

the car close to the outer sides of the respective hoppers. 1 ,g

Above each hopper a pair ofparallelshafts and 11 are rotatably mounted in thecaroo body sides `and have end ratchets and pawls 12 cooperating therewith for obvious reasons. AThese shafts are operated by suitable means `and have chains 13 and 14 connected thereto within the body ofthe car `and depend therey65 from and are also secured to a hinged gate and a hinged plow 16, disposed in movable relation to the open bottom of each ho per. The chains 13 are connected to the' sha ts 11 and gates 15, and the chains 14 are secured 7 o to the shafts 12 and plows 16, as many of these chains being used as may be foundv necessary. The gates 15 are hinged or otherwise movably attached to the lower ends ot'v t-he inner sides of the hoppers, and-the plows 75 are movablv connected to the lower ends of thefouter sides of said hoppers. Each plow .Tofu/ZZ whom/.it may concern.: l Y

Be it known that we, CLALD A. PRO/cron wand ALBERT GNAEGY, citizens of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county of 5 Randolpha'nd State of llinois, have invented new anduseful Improvements in' Ballast-` Cars, of which the following 1s a speciication.-

This invention relates to .ballast-cars for.. Acarrying and distributing or spreading balxo last material over a railroad-bed.

f The primary object of the invention is to prrovide a car adapted for general carrying or ei htin use wit-h means which may be rea ily isposed to engage and spread balx5 last.

A further object of the invention is to provide a car with movable spreading means which when not in use forms a part of a closure for an outlet-opening in the bottom of zo thecar.

With lthese and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several has a central point 17, an from this point the plowshare 18 rccedes toward opposite parts, which will be more fully hereinafter ends in concave planes to provide an eifect- 8o z5 specied. Y ive spreader. Each plow projects equally In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevain opposite directions across the under portion of a car,illustratin r the features of the tion of the car-body a distance equal to a invention. Fig. 2 is a ongitudinal vertical little less than the transverse extent of the section ot the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged hopper intowhich the plow is adapted to 85 3o top plan view of one extremity of the car. move and form with the adjacent gate a Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 1 4, closure for the hopper. Aftereither ot the hoppers is opened to deliver the ballast onto a road-bed the plow is allowed to remain lowered and the adjacent gate is raised, as 9o shown at the left of Fig. 2.- When it is desired to close the hopper-bottom, the gate is -lowered sufficiently to permit the plow to clear the same, and after the plow is fully drawn up the gate is closed thereagainst, as 9 shown at the right of Fig. 2. Each plow is also strengthened by a stiii brace 19, extending across the back and adapted to bear against the contact member 9 of the brace 8 j when the plow is let down. roo

The hoppers and plows are used'in duplicate to accommodate movement of the car in opposite directions. When the plows are not 1n use and closed up in t-he hoppers, they are protected against breakage and also re- :o5 lieve the bottom of the car of depending projections, which would be objectionable. Furthermore, by having the plows serve as portions of the bottom closures for the hopbraces are an ular in contour and have verpers-the necessity of roviding other closing no 55 ticallydepen ing contact members 9, which devices or additionsI structural features is extend transversely across the full wdth of l avoided.

Fig. 2.

irnilar characters ot' reference are used to designate corresponding parts in the views. The numeral 1 de'signates a car-body supplied with the usual trucks 2. The car as an entirety, but particularly the body 1, will be preferably constructed of steel ot suitable thickness, and in the present instance the 4o bottom is shown as provided with two depending hoppers 3 and 4, having downwardly and inwardly inclined end members 5 and-an intermediate ridge 6, also continuing ainto'opposite side portions thereorl to facilitate the outflow or deposit of the load of the car through the hoppers either in spreading ballast or relieving the oar of its contents when used for general freighting purposes. The hoppers also have iixed depending ends 7. Between the inner extremities of the trucks 2 and the outer sides of the hoppers 3 and 4 braces 8 are secured to the car-body and also preferably formed of steel. These When the use of the plows is undesirable or when the car is used for ordinary freighting purposes, the low attachments and gates will be operate similarlvto ordinary hop erca'r' constructions to relieve the car o its load.

W'hat We' claim is 1. A carhaving a hopper with a gate, and a movable plow forming the closingr means for the bottom thereof.

2. A car havingl hoppers on opposite Sides of the center thereof, and a gate and a movable plow forming the closing means for the -bottoni of the hopper.

3. A car having a hopper with a plow forming part of the closing means for the bottom thereof, and movable upwardly thereinto.

4. A car comprising a body with hoppers on opposite sides of the center, and a Inov- I able plow cooperating with each hopper and forming part of the closingr means therefor, peach plow being adapted to be independently g lowered.

5. A oar comprisinr a body with outlethoppers, and a movable plow forming part of the closing means for each hopper, the ploWs of the hoppers beingndependently operable.

i 6. A car comprisinvfa body with an outlethopper, a movable plow forming part of the closing means for the hopper, and a brace depending from the `body and against which a portion of the plow has bearing.

:In testimony whereof we affix our signag tures in presence of two Witnesses.

, y CLAUD A. PROCTOR. l ALBERT GNAEGY. l vitnesses':

WILLIAM ORTH,

CHAs. H. KoLB. 

